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GTR
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MeSaber
Sweden1235 Posts
On June 05 2022 19:14 GTR wrote: that is from 2006 (16 years ago), people age... People dont magically grow a completely different face :D On June 05 2022 20:35 bioboyAT wrote: blackmanpl is not the blackman from back in the days. blackmanpl aka Julia is just a random dude with anger/mental issues. Quick taste about what people think about him: https://tl.net/blogs/568588-maphacking-streamcheating-accusations You must be one of those clever guys.. "People" who comments in a hate thread obviously are biased and they are the only ones who would comment/agree in such a thread. Rest of the "people" dont care nor hate him. I find the guy amusing to watch myself. And yea, stream sniping is for kids. | ||
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imscochin
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anniejackson
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On September 09 2013 22:08 N.geNuity wrote: what's the jist of this article sonic posted on facebook: http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?fs-18-unlimited-money-category=sports_esports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=347&article_id=0000045163&redirect=true title just says like star1 daebak. Thanks for sharing! | ||
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Bisu-Fan
Russian Federation3329 Posts
 But the storylines, the games (even the low skill ones), and the extra content coming out of the colleges have been so much fun to watch. And it's been so good for the SC scene at least in Korea because it is constantly bringing in new streamers to pick up the game. You can see the rosters here. A lot of the teams are structured where they'll have a ceo/leader and then a co-lead. Usually the lead and co lead are former pros or sponsors for the team (like Best & JD's college Basford is led by a tier 7 zerg). Then the roster usually has like ~6 mentors/profs who are former pros. Then there are the players who are ranked by different tiers. + Show Spoiler + God > King > Jack > Joker > Tier 0 > Tier 1 > ... > Tier 8 > Baby In each game, the players play against others of matching tiers from the other college. As you go lower in tier, it's funny because like the games can be "unloseable" for a pro and still they'll find ways to lose it. You get crazy builds and fun units because guardians are hard to handle when they outrange your static d and because mutalisks are hard to use a lower levels. These people are super dedicated too. In prep for the playoff games, the college members and coaches like went blackout mode where no one was streaming or earning any money just to practice (some said like up to 50 games a day). That's why you see the crazy emotions when they win unlike maybe ASTL which was a bit more lighthearted. Also why when Bisu won his game in the playoffs (really good game btw), he went home, turned on stream, and got 170K balloons which I think is like 15K USD. I just worry and hope they don't burn out because not everyone is fit to play and practice like a former pro. And then the storylines are fun and sad at the same time. Obviously there's an element of it being for show. + Show Spoiler + Like Terror/철구 has a college he ran with Shuttle and on Korea's Teachers Day, he turned on the broadcast and lots of members showed up and gave him gifts. When the first person just gave a bouquet of flowers without an envelope, he made her log in to her Afreeca account and then donated himself her full balloon balance of ~$140. Then he hit her on top of her head with the flowers. XD That's why my favorite college to follow is Calm Sung Women's University which is Calm and Actions (name Kim Sung Dae) university. They are only 2 coaches and their roster is like half the size of other colleges. All Zerg because no other coaches and all female players (the joke is that they all simp for Calm). They explicitly are like "our college is going to win by the power of friendship; no toxicity allowed." Even after they lost in the round of 8, they just hang out and play a ton of games together (PubG, Kart Rider, SC UMS games), so it's a lot of fun and positive vibes  | ||
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TMNT
2534 Posts
On June 12 2022 00:17 Bisu-Fan wrote: I've been watching the star university season religiously, and oh my goodness it's so fun. Unfortunately, it's not as friendly or approachable for non-English speakers. But the storylines, the games (even the low skill ones), and the extra content coming out of the colleges have been so much fun to watch. And it's been so good for the SC scene at least in Korea because it is constantly bringing in new streamers to pick up the game. You can see the rosters here. A lot of the teams are structured where they'll have a ceo/leader and then a co-lead. Usually the lead and co lead are former pros or sponsors for the team (like Best & JD's college Basford is led by a tier 7 zerg). Then the roster usually has like ~6 mentors/profs who are former pros. Then there are the players who are ranked by different tiers. + Show Spoiler + God > King > Jack > Joker > Tier 0 > Tier 1 > ... > Tier 8 > Baby In each game, the players play against others of matching tiers from the other college. As you go lower in tier, it's funny because like the games can be "unloseable" for a pro and still they'll find ways to lose it. You get crazy builds and fun units because guardians are hard to handle when they outrange your static d and because mutalisks are hard to use a lower levels. These people are super dedicated too. In prep for the playoff games, the college members and coaches like went blackout mode where no one was streaming or earning any money just to practice (some said like up to 50 games a day). That's why you see the crazy emotions when they win unlike maybe ASTL which was a bit more lighthearted. Also why when Bisu won his game in the playoffs (really good game btw), he went home, turned on stream, and got 170K balloons which I think is like 15K USD. I just worry and hope they don't burn out because not everyone is fit to play and practice like a former pro. And then the storylines are fun and sad at the same time. Obviously there's an element of it being for show. + Show Spoiler + Like Terror/철구 has a college he ran with Shuttle and on Korea's Teachers Day, he turned on the broadcast and lots of members showed up and gave him gifts. When the first person just gave a bouquet of flowers without an envelope, he made her log in to her Afreeca account and then donated himself her full balloon balance of ~$140. Then he hit her on top of her head with the flowers. XD That's why my favorite college to follow is Calm Sung Women's University which is Calm and Actions (name Kim Sung Dae) university. They are only 2 coaches and their roster is like half the size of other colleges. All Zerg because no other coaches and all female players (the joke is that they all simp for Calm). They explicitly are like "our college is going to win by the power of friendship; no toxicity allowed." Even after they lost in the round of 8, they just hang out and play a ton of games together (PubG, Kart Rider, SC UMS games), so it's a lot of fun and positive vibes Let's be honest. The real reason the Star University is exciting is we get to see pretty girls playing Brood War xD. | ||
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HOLYBATS
Turkey718 Posts
On June 12 2022 00:17 Bisu-Fan wrote: Also why when Bisu won his game in the playoffs (really good game btw), he went home, turned on stream, and got 170K balloons which I think is like 15K USD. I am glad for the pros making that kind of money so they keep the game playing. | ||
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Bisu-Fan
Russian Federation3329 Posts
On June 12 2022 02:16 TMNT wrote: Let's be honest. The real reason the Star University is exciting is we get to see pretty girls playing Brood War xD. heh~ definitely not a negative... but when i saw someone floating 5000/3000 in one of the round of 4 games I never related more :D Also was trying to plug the scene to people who might not have anything else to watch between ASLs | ||
BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES49972 Posts
On June 12 2022 00:17 Bisu-Fan wrote: I've been watching the star university season religiously, and oh my goodness it's so fun. Unfortunately, it's not as friendly or approachable for non-English speakers. But the storylines, the games (even the low skill ones), and the extra content coming out of the colleges have been so much fun to watch. And it's been so good for the SC scene at least in Korea because it is constantly bringing in new streamers to pick up the game. You can see the rosters here. A lot of the teams are structured where they'll have a ceo/leader and then a co-lead. Usually the lead and co lead are former pros or sponsors for the team (like Best & JD's college Basford is led by a tier 7 zerg). Then the roster usually has like ~6 mentors/profs who are former pros. Then there are the players who are ranked by different tiers. + Show Spoiler + God > King > Jack > Joker > Tier 0 > Tier 1 > ... > Tier 8 > Baby In each game, the players play against others of matching tiers from the other college. As you go lower in tier, it's funny because like the games can be "unloseable" for a pro and still they'll find ways to lose it. You get crazy builds and fun units because guardians are hard to handle when they outrange your static d and because mutalisks are hard to use a lower levels. These people are super dedicated too. In prep for the playoff games, the college members and coaches like went blackout mode where no one was streaming or earning any money just to practice (some said like up to 50 games a day). That's why you see the crazy emotions when they win unlike maybe ASTL which was a bit more lighthearted. Also why when Bisu won his game in the playoffs (really good game btw), he went home, turned on stream, and got 170K balloons which I think is like 15K USD. I just worry and hope they don't burn out because not everyone is fit to play and practice like a former pro. And then the storylines are fun and sad at the same time. Obviously there's an element of it being for show. + Show Spoiler + Like Terror/철구 has a college he ran with Shuttle and on Korea's Teachers Day, he turned on the broadcast and lots of members showed up and gave him gifts. When the first person just gave a bouquet of flowers without an envelope, he made her log in to her Afreeca account and then donated himself her full balloon balance of ~$140. Then he hit her on top of her head with the flowers. XD That's why my favorite college to follow is Calm Sung Women's University which is Calm and Actions (name Kim Sung Dae) university. They are only 2 coaches and their roster is like half the size of other colleges. All Zerg because no other coaches and all female players (the joke is that they all simp for Calm). They explicitly are like "our college is going to win by the power of friendship; no toxicity allowed." Even after they lost in the round of 8, they just hang out and play a ton of games together (PubG, Kart Rider, SC UMS games), so it's a lot of fun and positive vibes its all esports entertainment pal. | ||
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Lorch
Germany3672 Posts
Hell maybe even since the end of the proleague era. This is the best shot Brood War has had at raising a new generation of players. Not only do you have lower tier players being tought by pros, it is also happening on stream for anyone at home to watch and learn as well. Sure a lot of the players are girls, but heck just imagine if all the twitch girls that stream half naked from a plastic pool and write sub names on their arms would instead learn brood war and take their incel audience along for the ride. It is truly amazing. And yes some of the games are low tier, but imo that just adds to the entertainment value. You can follow a low tier players stream and watch them become better and better as they are being trained in their university. It would be amazing if tasteless and artosis could cover it, just to bring more attention to the university scene for non-koreans. But given that they couldn't get ASTL, my hopes aren't super high for that. | ||
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DiMiaN
Finland299 Posts
On June 12 2022 00:17 Bisu-Fan wrote: These people are super dedicated too. In prep for the playoff games, the college members and coaches like went blackout mode where no one was streaming or earning any money just to practice (some said like up to 50 games a day). That's why you see the crazy emotions when they win unlike maybe ASTL which was a bit more lighthearted. Also why when Bisu won his game in the playoffs (really good game btw), he went home, turned on stream, and got 170K balloons which I think is like 15K USD. I just worry and hope they don't burn out because not everyone is fit to play and practice like a former pro. Sick game, what a turnaround! | ||
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whaski
Finland576 Posts
On June 12 2022 20:44 Lorch wrote: I highly agree with Bisu-Fan. The university scene is the best thing to have happened to brood war since Afreeca started ASL after sonic's shoe scandal. Hell maybe even since the end of the proleague era. This is the best shot Brood War has had at raising a new generation of players. Not only do you have lower tier players being tought by pros, it is also happening on stream for anyone at home to watch and learn as well. Sure a lot of the players are girls, but heck just imagine if all the twitch girls that stream half naked from a plastic pool and write sub names on their arms would instead learn brood war and take their incel audience along for the ride. It is truly amazing. And yes some of the games are low tier, but imo that just adds to the entertainment value. You can follow a low tier players stream and watch them become better and better as they are being trained in their university. It would be amazing if tasteless and artosis could cover it, just to bring more attention to the university scene for non-koreans. But given that they couldn't get ASTL, my hopes aren't super high for that. The guys tend to be handpicked by pros (I know that Soulkey at least does it.) I watched an audition where 2100 was matched against tier 3 college player and it was like amateur vs pro, so there is actual growth. But most important thing IMO is, that those semi- and exproes who were streaming BW as part time have now constant source of income with enviroment to practice. The likes of Bishop, Noob and Yoon for example. Dunno, maybe Scan could shed some information about this, I know he is in JSA now. (Lights team) | ||
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Bisu-Fan
Russian Federation3329 Posts
then you have terror's college that straight up yells nonstop at the students which is cringe funny  | ||
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Bisu-Fan
Russian Federation3329 Posts
Yup occasionally the pros play if the lineups call for it and they also definitely put a lot of effort into it. More than everyday proleague because they have like 5 day notice of the matchup | ||
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masoka82
Spain593 Posts
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Bisu-Fan
Russian Federation3329 Posts
On June 15 2022 16:57 masoka82 wrote: Given the growing audience, is it possible that companies like samsung, skt, etc will be interested in sponsoring SC again? hmmm i doubt it would be anytime soon. it's still very amateur-y + afreeca. Like there are sponsorships (winning team of university league season gets ~$50k) from smaller businesses but idk about corporations getting back in | ||
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plasmidghost
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pheer
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4168 Posts
On June 19 2022 23:37 plasmidghost wrote: Hey y'all, also wanted to post here that I'm going to upload every MSL match I can to YouTube and link them on Liquipedia, including survivor tournaments. It'll probably take several weeks as I go through everything, but I wanted to get the collection updated so that the community can reminisce on MSL and so the growing Brood War audience can have a way to see incredible matches in one place LEGENDARY!!! Thank you very very much, dude  | ||
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